Howdy!
Stardoll has decided to make an event based on one of my favorite dishes, aka. paella!
It’s a dish of Spanish origins; a mix of rice and various seafood. Because I’m not chef expert, I will quote here the accurate information regarding this dish.
Paella[a] (Valencian pronunciation: [paˈeʎa]; Spanish: [paˈeʎa]) is a Valencian rice dish that has ancient roots but its modern form originated in the mid-19th century in the area around Albufera lagoon on the east coast of Spain adjacent to the city of Valencia.[4] Many non-Spaniards view paella as Spain’s national dish, but most Spaniards consider it to be a regional Valencian dish (despite the fact that actually it is a commonly eaten dish across all Spain, so it can be considered as a Spanish national dish). Valencians, in turn, regard paella as one of their identifying symbols.
Types of paella include Valencian paella, vegetable paella (Spanish: paella de verduras), seafood paella (Spanish: paella de mariscos), and mixed paella (Spanish: paella mixta), among many others. Valencian paella is believed to be the original recipe[5] and consists of white rice (which must be round grain), green beans(bajoqueta and tavella), meat (chicken and rabbit), sometimes duck), garrofó (a variety of lima beans or butterbeans),[6][7] sometimes snails, and seasoning such as saffron and rosemary. Another very common but seasonal ingredient is artichokes. Seafood paella replaces meat with seafood and omits beans and green vegetables. Mixed paella is a free-style combination of meat from land animals, seafood, vegetables, and sometimes beans. Most paella chefs use bomba[8] rice due to it being less likely to overcook, but Valencians tend to use a slightly stickier (and thus more susceptible to overcooking) variety known as Senia. All types of paellas use olive oil.
I strongly recommend eating it. If you’re skittish about seafood…just close your eyes and pinch your nose because it tastes like fish in my opinion. Just more chewy. I used to be skittish about it too. And just like how the Wikipedia details say, you can just try it with meat instead of seafood.
I have tried this dish while visiting Spain a few years ago, on a beach-side restaurant, and this summer while visiting Italy.
Now all you have to do is to share your paella-experience for stardollars and a wishlist gift, but if you’re interested only in the freebie, just fill in the boxes with gibberish.
And this is the gift we’re all getting just from entering the competition.
It’s tastier than it looks 🙂
So did you like the freebie? I personally enjoyed it, it kind of actually got me hungry.
Alex Signed Out
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